A company is expanding its production capability. A project manager is assigned to bring a team of stakeholders together to conduct an analysis of the situation and develop a plan. During the analysis, the project manager gains an understanding of what resources stakeholders are willing to commit, the stakeholders' expectations, and what the stakeholders have to gain from the project. This analysis is MOST likely to identify which of the following?
A supply manager receives four bids for a special piece of equipment. The equipment is large and does not fit into a normal sea container. The bids are as follows:
Supplier 1Supplier 2Supplier 3Supplier 4
Bid$2,110,000$2,105,000$2,110,000$2,115,000
Incoterms® 2020 RuleGIFDPUFCAFAS
The costs of transportation, included within each bid price, are as follows:
Responsibility for Payment to CarrierTransfer of Risk to BuyerCost of Transportation
Supplier, before goods are loaded onto vessel: purchaser thereafterAlongside vessel nominated by purchaser$50,000
Supplier to named port of destination: purchaser thereafterOnce goods have been loaded onto the vessel$55,000
Supplier to named place of destination once unloaded: purchaser thereafterOnce goods have been unloaded at named place of destination540,000
PurchaserWhere goods are loaded onto the collecting vehicle$30,000
The supply manager has taken account the firm's risk profile and wishes to use FCA for its Incoterms® 2020 rules. Adjusting the pricing in the tenders to reflect this, which supplier should be awarded the contract (based on the lowest price)?